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The Western is a genre of fiction typically set in the American frontier between the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the closing of the frontier in 1890, and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.
1900: May 1: A dust explosion at the Winter Quarters Mine near Scofield, Utah kills at least 200 coal miners in the Scofield Mine disaster, the deadliest mining accident in American history to date. May 19: Jim Butler discovers silver near what will soon become the town of Tonopah, Nevada. Sep 19
1900s. 1901. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910s. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. See also. References. List of Western films before 1920. A list of the earliest Western films, by decade, released before 1920. 1890s. 1894. Annie Oakley. Bucking Broncho. Buffalo Bill. Buffalo Dance. Lasso Thrower. Mexican Knife Duel
Nov 27, 2022 · The archetypical Old West period is generally accepted by historians to have occurred between the end of the American Civil War in 1865 until the closing of the frontier by the Census Bureau in 1890. A frontier is a zone of contact at the edge of a line of settlement.
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- Cowboys and bar girls whoop it up in a still from an old silent Western. Upvote Downvote.
- Atsina men on a hill with their horses, 1908. Upvote Downvote.
- Pawnee Tipi, or tepee. The Pawnee Nation are native to present day Nebraska and Northern Kansas. Tipis were only used when travelling, as an alternative to the usual earth villages, 1907.
- Dakota man, wearing war bonnet, sitting on horseback, his left hand outstretched toward tipi in background, others on horseback, 1970. Upvote Downvote.
1900 – Galveston, Texas, was hit by a hurricane, killing some 6,000 residents. Jim Butler discovered silver at Tonopah, Nevada, launching a boom. 1901 – “Black gold” was discovered at the Spindle-top oil field near Beaumont, Texas. On April 26, 1901, Black Jack Ketchum was hanged in Clayton, New Mexico. He was the only person ever ...
Apr 8, 2024 · Western, a genre of novels and short stories, motion pictures, and television and radio shows that are set in the American West, usually in the period from the 1850s to the end of the 19th century. Though basically an American creation, the western had its counterparts in the gaucho literature of
